Use of amylase and alanine transaminase to predict acute gallstone pancreatitis in a population with high HIV prevalence

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-161

  Moolla, Zaheer ^a   Anderson, Frank ^a   Thomson, Sandie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMYLASES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871732831     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1801-z     Document Type: Article

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